"Upon close inspection, the work's text is a list of words that have seemingly been banned by the Trump administration that first appeared in the New York Times in March, which has been adapted as Andrea Fraser's latest project, titled Lexicon. The majority of these words revolve around the term "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) and related terms, like "racial diversity," "activism," "discrimination," confirmation bias," "women," "cultural heritage," "underserved," "pregnant person," "they/them"-the list goes on."
"Fraser is best known for her institutional critique work, like Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk (1989), in which she acts as a museum docent named Jane Castleton who gives a tour of the Philadelphia Museum of Art as a way to interrogate how museums display their work, as well as the power institutions hold over the objects the own and the people who come to see them."
At Art Basel Miami Beach, a stack of glossy white posters with red text sits on the floor of Commonwealth and Council's booth and is offered for visitors to take home. The posters list words that reportedly were banned by the Trump administration in guidance that first appeared in the New York Times in March, adapted into an artwork titled Lexicon. The list centers on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) language and related terms including racial diversity, activism, discrimination, confirmation bias, women, cultural heritage, underserved, pregnant person, and they/them. The work connects to Andrea Fraser's institutional-critique practice and to her Museums, Money, and Politics project, and it functions as an affirmation of art venues and audiences resisting censorship while prompting further projects on electoral politics.
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